Zero Escape: The Nonary Games, a remaster of the first two games in the Zero Escape trilogy, were released today on PC, Playstation 4 and the Vita. If you haven’t played 999 or Virtue’s Last Reward before, this is the release to pick up. And if you have, the remaster of 999 is still worth it.

On Tuesday, publisher Aksys Games will release Zero Time Dilemma, the third and perhaps final entry in the Zero Escape series. You probably fall into one of two camps: Either you’re breathlessly counting down the days until then, or you’ve never played Zero Escape.

In 2012, I wrote that Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward should be Kotaku’s Game of the Year. Three years later, it’s safe to say that... Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward should have been Kotaku’s Game of the Year.

999 is coming to iOS, sort of: The cult Nintendo DS game 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is coming to iOS in visual novel form on March 17th, according to localizer Aksys Games' Facebook page. Called 999: The Novel, it'll be a story-only version of the original game. Despite that, it should still be a good…

Bad news for Virtue's Last Reward fans—director Kotaro Uchikoshi says he hasn't been able to get a third game greenlit yet, although he's optimistic it'll happen one day. He should start a Kickstarter!

Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Leiji Matsumoto's Space Pirate Captain Harlock is one of anime's greatest classics—a story told and re-told many times over the last three-and-a-half decades. The past weekend saw the release of the latest version of the story: a CG feature film that is as beautiful and action-packed as it is disappointing.

Have you played Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors? If not, you really should. It's a wonderful visual novel-slash-point-and-click adventure with a tendency to make your brain explode, and I recommend that everyone take the time to experience it.

You have no idea how many press releases we see on a daily basis. From big companies, small companies, people selling iPhone games, people selling things that (purport!) to make your dick grow bigger. I've never had one read to me before, though.

You're a college student who finds himself trapped on a sinking ferry with eight other passengers, forced to play a twisted game where losing means a watery grave. This is Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors for the Nintendo DS.